The Awards That Joel Shapses Has Received

Center for the Arts Bonita Springs,Bonita Springs Fl Black and White Exhibition January 3,2020-Fifth Place, “Falcon”

Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs,FL, Merit Award – February 2020 Members Only Exhibition, “Juxtaposition”

Alliance for the Arts, Ft Myers, FL, Third Pace – April 2020 All Florida Juried Exhibition, ”Fire Bird” 

Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL, Third Place – July 2020 Corona Contemplation Art Exhibition, “A Question of Balance”  

 Big Arts, Sanibel Island, FL, Third Prize – October 2020 Create-Inspire-Connect Art Exhibition, “Spiral of Life”

 Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL, Second Prize – October 2020 Organic/Geometric Art Exhibition, “le Danse” 

Naples Art Association, Naples, FL, 2019 Your Choice Art Exhibition 1st Place – “Tucker”

Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL, Primavera 2019 People’s Choice Award – “A Mother’s Love”

Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL, All Artist All Mediums Exhibition January 2019-First Place – “Horizontal Flutter”

30th Annual Members Only Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL, February 2019 Merit Award – “Horizontal Hold”

Marco Island Center for the Arts, Members Only Exhibition, February 2019 Second Place – “Reaching for the Sky”

Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL, Third Prize, Exhibition December 2019 – “Under The Sea”

29th Annual Member’s Only – Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs,Fl exhibition -Forth Place, February 2,2018

Tiny Art Exhibit -Naples Art Association, Naples, Fl March 3,2018 -Second Place

Spring Art Show 2018- Art Council of Southwest Florida, Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island Fl. – March 13,018-First Place 3-D

Naples Art Association 2018 Your Choice Exhibition-First Place

Marco Island Center for the Arts -Power it up Exhibition- Honorable Mention 2018

28^th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, February 2017, Merit Award

First Place 2017 Your Choice Exhibition, Naples Art Association – View The Video

First Place 2017 Opposites Attract Exhibition Center for the Visual Arts, Bonita Springs

First Place “Your Choice” Exhibition Naples Art Association at the von Liebig Art Center,Naples,Fl

Second Place , 30th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, Fl June 2016

First Place “Your Choice” Exhibition Naples Art Association at the von Liebig Art Center,Naples,Fl

Fourth Place- 26th Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition,Center for the Visual Arts,Bonita Springs,Fl

Merit Award- Florida Artists Group “A Touch of the Blues” Juried Exhibit, Big Arts ,Phillips GallerySanibel,Fl

Fourth Place-“Looking at ourselves:The Human Experience Exhibition” Juried Exhibit, Center for the Visual Arts,Bonita Springs,Fl

2011 Awards

2011 3^rd Prize, Winners Circle Show, Visual Arts Center,Juried Exhibition Punta Gorda, Fl

2011 1st Place Shows of Shows People’s choice award VonLiebig Art Center Naples FL Sept 2011

2011 Technical Achievement Award, All-Media Exhibit, Member’s Gallery,Juried Exhibition Naples Art Association, The von Liebig Art center

2012 Awards

2012 Best in Show, The Fifth Annual Non-Juried All Artists Members Show of Shows Exhibition, Choice Award, The von Liebig Art

2012 Technical Achievement Award, All-Media Exhibit,Juried Exhibition Member’s Gallery, Naples Art Association, The von Liebig Art center
2013 Awards

2013 First Place, Forme de la Femme Show,Juried Exhibition, Marco Island Art League, Marco Island, Fl

2013 5th Place 26th Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition, Bonita Center for the Arts,Bonita Springs, Fl

2013 3rd “Place The Message is Abstract”Juried Exhibition, Center for the Arts ,Bonita Springs,Fl

2013 Award of Merit-6th Annual Show of Shows Exhibition,The von Liebig Art Center,Naples,Fl

2014 Awards

2014 1 st Place sculpture,Art Council of SW Florida Biennial Spring Juried Exhibition Show

2014 Award of Merit, 25th Annual Members,Juried Exhibition Show,Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs,Fl

2014 5th place, Black & White and Shades of Grey, Juried Exhibition,Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs,Fl

1981 Purchase Award, Miami Beach Festival of the Arts

1981 Third Prize, 3 Dimensional, Seven Lively Arts Festival

1982 Honorable Mention, 19th Annual Space Coast Art Festival

1983 First Prize Sculpture, 17th. Annual Plantation Art Festival

1988 Merit Award, 7th. Annual Competition and Exhibition, Community Art Alliance, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Florida.

1993 First Prize. Sculpture, 52nd Anniversary National Juried Art Competition, Lake Worth, Florida

1993 Best Sculpture Series, Spring International Competition and Exhibition, Florida Society of Fine Arts, Miami, FL

2003 Equal Merit Award, Annual Members Show, Art Serve, Ft Lauderdale, Fl

2009 Second Prize People’s Choice Award   First Annual Show of  Shows, von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Fl

2009 Honorable Mention Annual Member’s Show, Bonita Art League, Bonita ,Fl

2010 First Prize People’s Choice Award Second Annual Show of Shows, von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Fl

2010 Technical Achievement Award Small works Show in the Members Gallery of the Naples Art Association, the von Liebig Art Center, Naples Fl

1977 First Place Sculpture, Broward Art Guild Christmas in the Park Art Festival

1977 Equal Merit Award, 5th. Annual Outdoor Art Exhibit, Boca Raton Center for the Arts

1977 Best in Category and Best in Show, North Miami Society of the Arts 11th Annual Festival

1977 Honorable Mention, Boca Raton, Center for the arts all Member Summer Exhibition

1977 Best in Category, Birchfield Art Show

1977 Equal Merit Award, Boca Raton Center for the Arts Fall Outdoor Art Show

1977 Honorable Mention, Boca Raton Center for the Arts Painters and

1977 First Prize, Fine Arts, Pompano Beach Art Festival

1978 Honorable Mention, Broward Art Guild Christmas in the Park Art Festival

1978 First Prize, Fine Arts, Pompano Beach Art Festival

1978 Honorable Mention, Broward Art Guild Hortt Salon des Refuses

1978 First Prize Sculpture, Inidalantic Seaside Art Show

1978 First Prize Sculpture, Lighthouse Gallery Annual Art Show

1979 First Prize, Sculpture Sculptors on Parade

1979 Second Prize Sculpture, Ft. Pierce Art Club Annual Art Show

1979 Judges Recognition, Gasparilla Art Festival, Tampa Florida

1979 First Prize Sculpture, Florida Arts Gazette 4th. Of July Arts Festival

1979 Merit Award, Broward Art Guild Graphics and Sculpture Exhibition

1980 Second Prize Sculpture, Miami Beach Festival of the Arts

1980 First Prize, Three Dimensional, Ocean Week Alt Festival

1980 Judges Recognition, Disney World Festival of the Masters

1969 Second Place, Bayshore  Chamber of Commerce, Summer Art Festival

1970 Third Prize in Sculpture, Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit

1971 Fourth Prize in Sculpture, Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit

1971 Third Prize Sculpture, Atlantic National Indian Summer Art Show

1972 Third Prize in Sculpture, Washington Square Outdoor Art

1974 Judges Recognition, Las Olas Art Festival

1975 Judges Recognition, Las Olas Art Festival

1975 Honorable Mention, Pompano Beach Art Festival

1975 First Prize Sculpture, Seven Lively Arts Festival Exhibit

1975 First Prize Sculpture, Hallandale Fall Art Festival

1975 Best in Show, First Prize Sculpture, Candy Cane Art Festival

1976 Judges Recognition, Las Olas Art Festival

1976 Second Prize and Honorable Mention, Pompano Beach Art Festival

1976 First Prize, Sculpture, Pompano Beach Art Festival

1976 First Prize, Sculpture, Cypress Village Festival

1976 Honorable Mention, West Palm Beach Spring Art Festival

1976 Equal Merit Award, All Broward Exhibit, Broward Art Guild

1976 Honorable Mention, Third Century Abstractionist Show

1976 Honorable Mention, 13th. Annual Space Coast Art Festival

1976 Second Prize in Sculpture, 17th Annual 7 Lively Arts Festival

1976 Second Prize Sculpture, Candy Cane Festival Art Show

1976 First Prize Sculpture, Broward Art Guild Christmas in the Park Art Festival